by Kim North Shine, University of Michigan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFirst boosters, second boosters, monovalent, bivalent. Just like the SARS-CoV-2 virus strain, the vaccines to combat the virus are always changing—and perhaps confusing. With the goal of better understanding the variety of vaccines and the methods used globally to study vaccines’ effectiveness, a group of University...
by University of Cambridge Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113700Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In a paper titled “Arachidonic acid inhibition of the NLRP3 inflammasome is a mechanism to explain...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases. In research published in Cell Reports, the team describes how fasting raises levels of a chemical in the blood...
by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: CC0 Public DomainHepatitis is inflammation in the liver caused by specific viruses. The hepatitis viruses are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. All types affect the liver, but they differ in illness severity and prevention options. In the U.S., the most...
Two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) are effective against herpes zoster (HZ) for 4 years after vaccination, according to a new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Findings from the prospective cohort study showed that people who received two doses of the vaccine, regardless of when they received their second dose,...
by Zehan Yu, Duke-NUS Medical School Mucosal vaccination protects hamsters from SARS-CoV-2-induced clinical disease. (a) Diagram of the experimental design where hamsters were vaccinated with S-RBD and M7 via various routes using a prime (day 0) and boost (day 14). Credit: eBioMedicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104924A team of scientists, led by Duke-NUS Medical School, has discovered a...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Depth of coverage of metagenome reads from participant stool samples mapped to representative genomes from participants with detected conspecific strain replacement after FMT. (A) Depth of coverage for patients PM01, PM03, PM04, and PM07 show higher coverage depth for replacing strains after FMT. (B) Ratio of coverage depth for...
THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE In a new paper published today in Nature, researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have outlined the structure and function of a protein complex which is required to repair damaged DNA and protect against cancer. Every time a cell replicates, mistakes can happen in the form of mutations, but specialised proteins exist to repair...
by Lauran Neergaard Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults’ virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots. Booster doses tweaked to target the most common omicron strain rolled out in early September, and the Food and Drug Administration said the latest...
JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH IMAGE: PROFESSOR NIKOLAI KUHNERT AND HIS TEAM WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT A COMPOUND IN COFFEE INHIBITS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SPIKE PROTEIN AND THE ACE-2 RECEPTOR. (SOURCE: JACOBS UNIVERSITY) CREDIT: JACOBS UNIVERSITY Could consuming a cup of coffee be an effective way to protect yourself against infection with coronavirus? What...
